Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

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:   177565
Province:   North West Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1226AB
Observer:   Victor Sheldon Stephen
Date of record:   2020-11-21
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2021-01-13 22:10:55
Sp. code:   3882
Species name:   Afrotyphlops schmidti
Common name:   Schmidt’s Giant Blind Snake
Family:   Typhlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Zambezi Beaked Blind Snake (Rhinotyphlops schlegelii mucruso)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-177565
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   The head is rounded without a pronounced, keratinized, projecting rostral scale.
Date:   2021-01-13 22:10:55
Species name:   Afrotyphlops schmidti -- Schmidt’s Giant Blind Snake
Species code:   3882

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